Nova Scotia DNR firefighters sent to help battle Ontario fires

Twenty wildland firefighters from this province are heading to Ontario to battle forest fires there.

The Department of Natural Resources firefighters will leave Thursday for Sudbury.

There they will form five initial attack crews composed of four members each.

On Wednesday the province also sent 15,000 metres feet of hoseline to Quebec and four co-ordination experts will leave on Thursday to help with firefighting efforts there. Under the Canadian Mutual Aid Resource Sharing Agreement the province receiving firefighting help covers the costs of the one sending it.